gistfile.patch

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5447643e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if (require.main === module) {
+  require('./lib/cli.js')(process)
+} else {
+  throw new Error('The programmatic API was removed in npm v8.0.0')
+}
diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index 966d11210..1a7b06a34 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -355,6 +355,3 @@ const npm = module.exports = new class extends EventEmitter {
     this.log.showProgress()
   }
 }()
-
-if (require.main === module)
-  require('./cli.js')(process)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8011f238a..96f96ad25 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "lib": "./lib",
     "man": "./man"
   },
-  "main": "./lib/npm.js",
+  "main": "./index.js",
   "bin": {
     "npm": "bin/npm-cli.js",
     "npx": "bin/npx-cli.js"
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": [
       {
-        "default": "./lib/npm.js"
+        "default": "./index.js"
       },
-      "./lib/npm.js"
+      "./index.js"
     ],
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },